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Story: !nu !numma-!kuiten

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Summary

!nu!numma–!kuíten, who fetches crying children. By /han≠kass’o (L VIII.-29. 8555-8560). Parents threaten their misbehaving children with !nu !numma-!kuiten (or 'White Mouth'), who kills children who cry.

Comments

1) p.8554v: |han≠kass'o heard this from his maternal grandfather (Tsatsi); what !nu !numma and !kuiten means, 2) See Spoken of a parrot in the village of Mowbray, 3) This story is found in Book VIII-29